Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Paperback 1892391201 9781892391209 James Tiptree Jr.

from abycats

James Tiptree Jr's writing was unique. Her stories are otherworldly, creative, deep, and sometimes almost incomprehensible but achingly emotional. So much that's written is worth one quick read and done. Hers rewards you with more each time. I can be infuriated by my lack of understanding but als...

from antao

It's a great question isn't it (and one I don't remember C.S. Lewis posing!) but I guess the 'kind of society' would be a ruling class one, whereas I doubt whether the same freedoms and female agency would be envisaged or countenanced for the rest of society. While the female in what Lewis saw as...

from fireweaver

James Tiptree/Alice Sheldon was an amazing author that makes me want to heap descriptions with hyperbolic metaphor: "prose burning like a star" or "rage as quiet and inescapable as the tide". the short story was her master form, and this definitive collection is a must-read for any sci-fi aficion...

from draconismoi

This collection of short stories by Tiptree will make you cringe with horror at the envisioned fates of the human race. "The Screwfly Solution" is the most powerful story in the book - a few pages that really cause you to cringe. Do not read it just before going to sleep though, you'll have freak...

from TadAD

First, a word about James Tiptree if you're not familiar. In the late 1960s, this author appeared on the science fiction scene, was prolific in his output of dark and compelling stories, received nominations for Nebula and Hugo Awards and won some of them-yet no one knew who this reclusive author...